Another CES, another set of NUCs announced. I must say I also like the darker chassis, but it concerns me tha tthe renders don’t appear to have CIR built in. If that is the case, it would be a big minus for their HTPC use. Early generation NUCs were interesting, though not necessarily exciting due to their limitations. However, NUCs […]
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You can read more about what the Intel Compute Card is and what’s inside in the linked article, but when you do that keep in mind how awesome a HTPC this make. Where you buy a chassis which provides the basic shell connectors (Ethernet, HDMI, SATA, etc) and you can easily upgrade the CPU/GPU every few years as they add […]
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The Apple HomeKit ecosystem has been a bit sluggish (relative to other Apple kit), so it’s nice that their finally getting a camera via the D-Link Omna 180 Cam HD (DSH-C310). No word on price though… Full PR after the break. D-Link Unveils First Apple HomeKit Enabled Camera New D-Link® Omna™ 180 Cam HD Supports Apple’s Smart Home Ecosystem INTERNATIONAL […]
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One of my only complaints about the first gen NVIDIA Shield TV was that Amazon Video wasn’t natively available. It looks like that will end soon, at least for the upcoming Gen2. Wasn’t about to find a clear answer on whether it will come to the first one (please!). UPDATE: Amazon Video will come to 1st gen Shield TV. Thanks […]
Read moreI’ve been leaning heavilty towards building a DIY NVR solution. If you’ve also thought about it, but weren’t quite sure where to start – this is a great guide, even if you opt not to go with the hardware they selected. Over the past few years, video surveillance has become increasingly popular in homes and businesses, and the reason for this […]
Read moreI mentioned a few days ago that some NETGEAR routers have a severe security issue. The good news is that there’s a patch available, but on the downside the list of affected routers has grown exponentially. It doesn’t look like any of the most recent crop are impacted, but it wouldn’t hurt to have a look at the list anyway. […]
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I’ll admit it. I was a hardcore AMD fanboi back in the day. K7 was awesome, and the subsequent stream of related CPUs gave Intel a proper foil on the performance, and value, fronts. But, somewhere along the way AMD got lost in the wilderness… Perhaps too distracted by their attempts to ingest ATI into the fold… Although… I guess […]
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While it’s pretty shameful that the XBox One didn’t ship with HBR bit stream support, it wasn’t that big of an issue until the next-gen formats found on UltraHD Blu-ray came out, because to get all that spatial goodness they must be decoded in the AVR. Microsoft promised to deliver exactly that a while back, and it looks like the […]
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They aren’t quite NUC sized, but still quite small and sleek. These ASUS VivoMini SFF look like they should be quite suitable for HTPC use, and the higher end model with the Kaby Lake Intel Core i7 and NVIDIA GeForce 930M dGPU would do for some gaming as well. Unfortunately the PR (after the the click), doesn’t note NIC OEM, […]
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If you have a NETGEAR R6400, R7000, or R8000 there is [potentially] a serious security issue with the routers which could lead to a complete compromise of the device. CERT is recommending that owners should disable the popular routers until a patch is released. NETGEAR hasn’t yet confirmed the hole, but they have put up an article that should be […]
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